SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 5, 2007

Below is what happened in search today, as reported onSearch Engine Land and from other
places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

Yahoo Search Weather Update & Support For X-Robots TagThe Yahoo Blog announced a weather update for Yahoo Search and that they are now support the X-Robots-Tag directive. A few days ago, I spotted a Yahoo Search update and it has now been confirmed by Yahoo. But the more important news is that Yahoo is now supporting the X-Robots-Tag…

Google AdWords Improves Target By Location Feature With MapsI got a tip from Scott Edwards that Google has quietly improved the “target customers by location” feature in the AdWords console. You can see old screen captures of the multi-step process at the Search Engine Roundtable, but the new method is much more intuitive. You are given four tabs…

Blog Search Engine Technorati Reinvents Itself AgainBlog search engine and news site Technorati has suffered various identity crises over the past couple of years as it seeks to fend off competition and angle toward an eventual acquistion. TechCrunch provides useful context and history for the latest re-imagining of the site as a hybrid blog and traditional…

Nielsen Seeks To Become Video Copyright Arbiter Nielsen has partnered with Digimarc to digitally “watermark” or fingerprint video clips from media companies circulating on the Internet. Clips would have a unique ID and specific rules could be assigned to govern their uploading and distribution accordingly, to prevent copyright infringement….

Google Launches New iPhone InterfaceI went to Google on my iPhone, and I saw a new interface. I then did some searches and saw that TechCrunch has a piece on it named Google Pre-Launches New iPhone Interface. Here are some pictures of the new interface from my iPhone:…

Flickr Adds Picnik Web Based Image Editing FeaturesThe Flickr Blog announced the integration of the expected Online Photo Editing software from Picnik is now complete. Meaning, you can now edit your Flickr photos directly on the web, with a click of a button. Personally, I am very excited about this feature and hope to utilize it often….

adCenter Add-in Beta for Excel 2007The adCenter blog announced they are now taking email addresses to be notified of a new plugin for adCenter. The plugin is named adCenter Add-in Beta for Excel 2007, and it allows you to “easily extract keywords from any website, quickly understand keyword popularity and trends and you can gain…

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